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#1

“Start with a question and see what unfolds as the journey progresses.”
― Al Campbell, The Daisy Chain

tags: discovery, fiction-writing, historical-fiction, historical-romance, lifelong-learning, open-mindedness, science-lovers, scientific-curiosity, thoughtful-reads

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#2

“I just want to be me, Daisy, not Mrs Somebody Else.”
― Al Campbell, The Daisy Chain

tags: female-independence, historical-fiction, identity, kindness, quote-of-the-day, quotes-to-live-by, self-determination, strong-heroines, thoughtful-reads, women-in-history

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#3

“For all their beauty, flowers and plants have no vanity.”
― Al Campbell, The Daisy Chain

tags: beauty-in-nature, botanical-art, botany, flower-lovers, garden-reads, historical-fiction, humility, natural-beauty, quiet-wisdom

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#4

“I would rather a kind man who was not so handsome, than a handsome man who was not so kind.”
― Al Campbell, The Daisy Chain

tags: character-matters, historical-fiction, inner-beauty, kindness, love-and-respect, passion, quote-of-the-day, quotes-to-live-by, romance-readers, thoughtful-reads

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#5

“But one thing nature has taught me is that there is rarely a hurry – all things come to pass in their own good time.”
― Al Campbell, The Daisy Chain

tags: botany, gardening-life, historical-fiction, love-of-nature, plant-lovers, quiet-passion, quote-of-the-day, quotes-about-life, weekend-reads

73 likes

#6

“I felt calm well, maybe not calm but safe. For the first time during a Montana thunderstorm, I did feel safe.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: comfort-reads, coming-of-age, courage, emotional-fiction, healing, new-beginnings, rural-life, safety

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#7

“None of the other kids my age has to do all the grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and bill paying. It’s just not fair that I have to be an adult when I’m still a kid.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: book-club-pick, childhood, coming-of-age, emotional-truth, family, heartfelt-reads, historical-fiction, resilience

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#8

“Maybe, I thought, just maybe he’s starting to get used to having me around.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: belonging, coming-of-age, found-family, grandparent-bond, heartwarming, hope, slow-burn-healing, tender-moments

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#9

“If you ever get lost, you can get your bearings and find your way home. Just remember to find Buffalo Butte and head toward that.”
― Wayne Edwards, A Stone's Throw: A heartwarming story of a city girl and her rancher grandfather turning adversity into love and community

tags: coming-of-age, grandparent-bond, guidance, home, hope, inspirational-fiction, life-lessons, small-town-story

89 likes

#10

“Those who seek glory in power become less when they abuse it, yes.”
― Elijah Wingnut, Vegas then Rome

tags: ambition, cost-of-glory, dark-fantasy, desire, fantasy, fantasy-book-club, historical-fantasy, human-dignity, moral-responsibility, power-and-corruption

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#11

“I love the night diamonds. If I could travel to the sky like the gods, I would make a necklace from them.”
― Elijah Wingnut, Vegas then Rome

tags: beauty-in-small-things, dreams, escapist-reads, fantasy, historical-fantasy, imagination, nighttime-reading, starlight, time-travel-fantasy, wonder

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#12

“Lust is so sweet when flavoured with guilt.”
― Elijah Wingnut, Vegas then Rome

tags: adult-fantasy, desire, guilt, historical-fantasy, inner-conflict, provocative-reads, spicy-romance, temptation, transgression

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#13

“I understood you had all the wealth you need. Be careful not to lose yourself in search of more.”
― Elijah Wingnut, Vegas then Rome

tags: ambition, book-club-discussion, fantasy, fantasy-romance, historical-fantasy, identity, knowing-when-to-stop, reflective-reads, self-worth, wealth-and-status

49 likes

#14

“In the case of our bodies, we cannot sew on additional organs or devices, but people can easily use the existing ‘standard equipment’ of their body, which is ‘delivered as standard from the manufacturer’ but which has huge built-in capabilities for ‘upgrading.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: everydaymysticism, meditationpractice, mindbodyspirit, philosophicalfiction, spiritualjourney, thepythagorean, upgradeyourlife

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#15

“You won’t be able to start your training either, and you won’t be able to meet your true teacher and return home, Theo, until you defeat your own inner dragon.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: charactergrowth, defeatyourdragon, herowithin, innerwork, metaphysicalfiction, spiritualjourney, thepythagorean

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#16

“Second, metaphorically speaking, it means that we should only talk about the good and the positive and also refrain from rude speech or discussing anything dirty or unworthy of discussion. There is also a completely rational explanation for that which is connected with the energy waves of words and thoughts and their effect on the body.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

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#17

“The people of Light are always stronger than the people of Evil, for they have already conquered it in themselves. They have conquered the weaknesses that still entrap others.” ”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: innerwork, inspirationalreads, peopleoflight, philosophicalfiction, selfmastery, shadowwork, spiritualgrowth

234 likes

#18

“Creativity became a part of daily life; not a job, not a contest, just something we all did, like breathing.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: art-and-society, creativity, future-of-work, hopeful-nonfiction, huma-potential, meaningful-life

206 likes

#19

“And we can’t prepare children for a better world unless we build that world with them.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: better-world, future-generations, generations, generations-intelligence-wisdom, hopeful-nonfiction, parenting-and-society, quotes, social-change, sustainability

315 likes

#20

“A home’s value should come from its ability to provide shelter and community, not from its financial returns.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

tags: climate-crisis, climate-issues, community, environmental-nonfiction, global-issues, human-needs, justice, resource-conflict, sustainability, water-justice

176 likes

#21

“There is a wonderful saying that goes: ‘A person needs, on average, two years to learn to speak and then an entire lifetime to learn to be silent.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: innerpeace, listening, mindfulness, philosophicalfiction, silence, thepythagorean, wisdomquotes

240 likes

#22

“Human language is not the only form of communication and transmission of information and in some cases, it is not the most effective.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: beyondwords, deepreads, metaphysicalfiction, musicandenergy, spiritualfiction, thepythagorean, vibration

193 likes

#23

“People are becoming more and more like pets in digital cages, where the only meaning of their lives is to consume and isolate themselves from others like themselves.”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: digitalage, modernlifecritique, philosophicalfiction, screentime, socialcommentary, thoughtprovokingreads, wakeupcall

544 likes

#24

“Love Has Neither Time Nor Distance”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

tags: book-quotes, connection, heart-and-mind, love-across-time, romantic-philosophy, speculative-fiction, time-travel-fiction

107 likes

#25

“The moisture in the air sat in the crevices of storefront windows, like the tears that welled in the corners of her dark brown eyes.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: coming-of-age, emotional-reads, grief, historical-fiction, lyrical-prose, strong-heroine, venice

602 likes

#26

“Even whispers were not tolerated in the Pietà when someone else was speaking.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: ambition, coming-of-age, growth, historical-fiction, pieta, resilience, self-determination, women-in-history

286 likes

#27

“After all her years in the Pietà, she had learned the greatest gift she could give them was dispensing words of encouragement that prodded them forward.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: heartfelt-fiction, historical-fiction, mentorship, pieta, purpose, resilience, women-supporting-women

205 likes

#28

“Venice would not be who she is without her music lingering around every narrow calle and corner.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: beautiful-writing, cultural-fiction, historical-fiction, italian-history, music, setting-as-character, venice

201 likes

#29

“Nonna was steady and safe and always took a strong lead.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

tags: comfort-read, coming-of-age, found-family, grandmother-bond, historical-fiction, resilience, women-supporting-women

347 likes

#30

“This evening I spied her in the back orchard. I decided to sacrifice one of my better old shirts and carried it out to her. The weather’s been warm of late. Buds on the apple trees are ready to burst. Usually by this time of the year, at that time of day, the back orchard is full of screaming children. Damut’s boys were the only two. They were on the terrace below her, running through the slanted sunlight, chasing each other around tree trunks. She stood above them, like a merlin watching rabbits play.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adventure, antasy, drama, fiction, historical-fantasy, humour, literature, magic, mystery

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